Re: In the past decade, has Apple released ANY high-technology product before others did?

On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:51:28 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :

Has Apple pioneered *any* useful high technology in the past decade?
If so, what?
 

 Dynamic Island?

Hi badgolferman,
Thank you for hazarding a guess, as whenever two adults converse normally
on this newsgroup, the Apple trolls attack them for simply being adults.
I first responded to Rick's astute response of the Siri Voice Assistant,
which in another post I researched and found out that it was indeed first.
 <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=18917&group=misc.phone.mobile.iphone#18917>
While Siri is indeed the first voice assistant available to the masses, it
was released about 15 years ago - so it fits what I was thinking - which is
that Apple used to innovate - but has Apple lost that ability to innovate?
Dunno. Maybe Apple has pioneered a useful high tech in the past decade.
Please allow me the luxury to research the history of the "Dynamic Island"
technology, as research is what adults tend to do when they are making
decisions - especially those that may go against marketing claims.
The technology is probably better generally called one of the following:
 Interactive Notification Center, or,  Adaptive Cutout Integration, or,  Contextual UI Element
because when I research it, I need to avoid purely marketing terminology.
OK. I'm back. Research done (BTW, could you imagine an Apple troll like
Joerg or Your Name or any of the others actually doing research first?).
Apparently the Dynamic Island was released in iOS 16.1 on the iPhone 14 Pro
& Pro Max models in September 2022, where one definition says it's "an
interactive area at the top of the display that intelligently adapts to
accommodate the pill-shaped cutout for the front-facing camera & sensors."
In other words, the Dynamic Island transforms the camera cutout from a
hardware limitation into a functional element of the iPhone hardware.
While my quick research shows that others copied that idea, Apple's
implementation certainly seems to have definitely come first!
Realme C55: Released in India on March 21, 2023
Features a "Mini Capsule" that expands from the front-facing camera and
provides charging information, step count, and data usage.
Xiaomi Civi 2: September 27, 2022
Has a centered pill-shaped cutout for dual selfie cameras, though the
software integration isn't as sophisticated as the Dynamic Island.
In addition to those admittedly sophomoric attempts, apparently both
Samsung & Google are exploring what they term "Rich Ongoing Notifications"
which allows apps to display more than just an icon in the status bar,
providing richer contextual information for more interactive notifications.
So your suggestion is indeed correct, as far as I can tell from my
obligatory research (which is something Apple trolls can't seem to do).
Q: Has Apple pioneered *any* useful high technology in the past decade?
A: Yes! Apple pioneered the "Interactive Notification Center" concept!
Kewl! We have one technology Apple pioneered in the past decade!
That's great. Thank you for suggesting that research. Much appreciated.
Any others?